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Collection Reference Number GLC06694
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1818 
Title the Department of State Patent Office to Nathaniel Cutting regarding appointing arbitrator to settle dispute about a patent for an invention
Date 16 February 1818
Author Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)  
Additional authors Department of State, Patent Office
Recipient Cutting, Nathaniel  
Document Type Correspondence; Government document
Content Description Appointing an arbitrator to settle a dispute between Daniel Pettibone of Philadelphia, and Peter Townshend and Van Tassel of Newburg, N.Y., who both claim to have invented a drill for boring cannon.
Subjects Patent  Invention  Inventor  President  Government and Civics  Weaponry  Science and Technology  
People Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)  Cutting, Nathaniel (b. 1774)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Science, Technology, Invention; Law; Government & Politics; The Presidency
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859